FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’ Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... Read More
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform Another day, another integration partnership for Tekion. The dealership technology provider has integrated with DAS Technology to connect the DAS artificial intelligence customer data and experience platform with Tekion’s AI-based Automotive Retail Cloud, a platform designed to handle the full ... Read More

Retail

Dealer news: Asbury leadership transition complete; Zinn honored by Northwood; Carlock heads north

The torch has officially been passed for Asbury Automotive Group. David Hult, the Atlanta-based dealership group’s president and CEO since 2018, has transitioned to the position of executive chairman effective today, ceding the president/CEO role to chief operating officer Dan ... [Read More]

Part I: How used-car operations at public retailers fared in Q1

The six publicly traded car dealer groups have released their first-quarter operating results in recent days, and with that, Auto Remarketing is recapping how the used-car department fared at each retailer. We’re breaking this recap up into two parts, starting ... [Read More]

Wholesale

Garcia applauds ADESA Clear performance, reveals further physical infrastructure plans

While much of Carvana’s recent quarterly update focused on its record-setting retail performance, founder and CEO Ernie Garcia also highlighted the positive steps of the company’s wholesale business. Especially ADESA Clear, the digital wholesale auction product of Carvana’s auto auction ... [Read More]

ACI Transport adds vehicle storage to its logistics offerings

ACI Transport’s stock in trade has always been getting vehicles from one place to another. Now it’s giving them a place to stay, too. The freight brokerage firm specializing in coordinating multimodal transportation of vehicles and general commodity freight is ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI

The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!

How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders

Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Technology

TrueCar adds two new leaders to help shape its continuing ‘transformation’

Scott Painter’s makeover of TrueCar now includes two new additions in leadership roles. The digital auto retail platform announced it has hired former INFINITI executive Nikole Wells as senior vice president of dealer sales and Steve Moretti, who worked with ... [Read More]

Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform

Another day, another integration partnership for Tekion. The dealership technology provider has integrated with DAS Technology to connect the DAS artificial intelligence customer data and experience platform with Tekion’s AI-based Automotive Retail Cloud, a platform designed to handle the full ... [Read More]

Analysis

Even with supply up 14%, used EVs sell 27% faster in Q1

Something seemingly odd happened in the used electric vehicle market during the first quarter. Used EV supply was up more than 14% year-over-year, but the turn time on these cars was 18 days faster than it was in Q1 2025, ... [Read More]

Amid unusual monthly rise in used-car retail prices, ‘silver lining’ remains for consumers & dealers

Customers are likely to bristle at the money they shell out to buy a used car these days. Percentagewise, the jump in price from March to April was about three times the typical sequential change for a given month, says ... [Read More]

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